212 DISTRICT OF TROAS. 
CHAP. I The river Mender is the Scamaxder of 
V. ,- y ^1 HomcTy Strabo, and Pliny. The amnis navi- 
Summary r rt i n 
ofObserva- gauUis 01 Pliny flows into the yirchipelago, to 
in Troas. the SOUth of SlgeUTTl^. 
II. The AiANTEUM, or Tottzi?? of Jjax, stiil 
remains ; answering the description given of its 
situation by antient authors, and thereby de- 
termining also the exact position of the naval 
station of the Greeks. 
III. The Thymbrius is yet recognised; both 
in its present appellation Thymbreck, and in its 
geographical position. 
IV. The spacious plain lying on the north- 
eastern side of the Mender, and watered by the 
(1) Plin. Hist. Nat. Tib. v. p. 27T. ed. L.Bat. 1635. 
(2) " The following passage of Pliny is attended with some difficulty ; 
but the expression ^mnu navii^abilis^ applied to the Scamander, may be 
well explained by Plutarch, in two passages to which I shall refer : by 
these it appears that the epithet navigabilis was given by the Antients 
to small streams. The word ■roraf/.os, as well as amnis, was used by 
them, when speaking even of torrents. Strabo, lib. ix. 6, 8. 
Scamander, amnis navigabilis ; et in promontorio quodam Sigevm 
oppidum: dein j)ortus Achaorum, in quern injluit Xanthus, Simoenti 
junctus ; stagnumque prius J'aciens PalcFscamander' 
" Plutarch speaks thus, in two places, of the river Melas, in Phocis ; 
a part of Greece which he knew most intimately, from being born 
there. * The Melas, spread out into navigable marshes and lakes 
(l>.5 rtXuroc ko.) xlfivas), makes the plain impassable.' Again : * The 
Melas is navigalle at its sources {■^Xaifias !» ■jrnya.Ti).' Vit. Pelop. et 
Syllae. The marshes on the Plain of Troy, made by the river, are 
mentioned by Strabo, p. 859. We have, then, the Melas, a small 
river, navigable at its sources, and with navigable marshes." 
ff'alpole's 31S. Journal. 
